"The Spider" by F. McDermott

EnCrypted: The Classic Horror Podcast

English - November 23, 2022 13:25 - 21 minutes - 19.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 34 ratings
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A lost traveller finds refuge at the home of a blind man on Christmas Eve. But is all as it seems...or is it a case of "the spider and the fly"?

This original recording is an audio presentation by Jasper L'Estrange for EnCrypted Horror. "The Spider" by F. McDermott (1951).

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About the story:

"The Spider" by F. McDermott. First published in The London Mystery magazine, October 1951. Later collected in "Horror for Christmas" (ed. Richard Dalby), pub. Michael O' Mara Books, 1992.

Credit where credit's due:

Theme music: The Black Waltz by Scott Buckley | www.scottbuckley.com.au Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

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Sound effects: All sound effects sourced at Freesound*.

*Used with the following licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

The recording was created using Audacity and BandLab. Podcast hosted by Anchor.

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